Let’s see, since his “star turn” at the National Prayer Breakfast, he has appeared all over national TV, announced his retirement as a surgeon, and not-so-humbly encouraged speculation about a presidential run, saying “I’ve always said if God grabs me by the collar and sticks me in that arena that’s the only way that I’d do it,” then referring to his retirement and adding “it does open up a lot of possibilities for me.”* Oh, and his latest book has shot up to #5 on Amazon’s best seller list. Ca-ching! $$$

dr carson is “manipulating” people??? wtf. i didn’t get that impression at all.

Sachiko on February 14, 2013 at 9:27 PM

Let’s see, since his “star turn” at the National Prayer Breakfast, he has appeared all over national TV, announced his retirement as a surgeon, and not-so-humbly encouraged speculation about a presidential run, saying “I’ve always said if God grabs me by the collar and sticks me in that arena that’s the only way that I’d do it,” then referring to his retirement and adding “it does open up a lot of possibilities for me.”* Oh, and his latest book has shot up to #5 on Amazon’s best seller list. Ca-ching! $$$

dr carson is “manipulating” people??? wtf. i didn’t get that impression at all.

Sachiko on February 14, 2013 at 9:27 PM

He’s “manipulating people” in the same sense that Sarah Palin “manipulated people” into thinking she was going to run in 2012. In other words, folks are projecting their hopes onto a black man from Baltimore instead of a white woman from Wasilla.

Oh boy, someone is adept at manipulating folks with his charisma all right, and it isn’t Obama. This guy is a master self-promoter who has already written 6 books about himself. Now he’s being mentioned as a presidential candidate on the basis of a political speech he delivered at a prayer breakfast where participants were specifically asked not to talk about politics. And folks here are falling all over him, despite the fact that he has few, if any qualifications for national office. It’s Herman Cain redux.